Sarah Fisher Racing's Ed Carpenter made quite an impresion today at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway by earning top spot at the end of the first day of practice for the upcoming Indianapolis 500.
From time to time, the 6-hour long practice was interrupted by rain showers which hampered some of the work that the teams had planned for the day. In the end, the veteran IndyCar driver covered 32 laps, with a best time of 40.0380s at a speed of 224.786mph. Ganassi's Scott Dixon was second fastest but, let it be know that he completed only 6 laps on his entire day. Panther's JR Hildebrand was third, followed by Dario Franchitti (Ganassi) while Marco Andretti (Andretti) was the last driver to make the top 5. Indianapolis 500 Practice - Opening Day Pos Driver Team Time Gap 1. Ed Carpenter Sarah Fisher 40.0380s 2. Scott Dixon Ganassi 40.0907s + 0.0527s 3. JR Hildebrand Panther 40.1011s + 0.0631s 4. Dario Franchitti Ganassi 40.1594s + 0.1214s 5. Marco Andretti Andretti 40.1916s + 0.1536s 6. Ryan Briscoe Penske 40.2125s + 0.1745s 7. Vitor Meira Foyt 40.3240s + 0.2860s 8. Graham Rahal Ganassi 40.4015s + 0.3635s 9. Helio Castroneves Penske 40.4031s + 0.3651s 10. Justin Wilson Dreyer & Reinbold 40.4749s + 0.4369s 11. Paul Tracy Dreyer & Reinbold 40.4868s + 0.4488s 12. Danica Patrick Andretti 40.4982s + 0.4602s 13. John Andretti Petty/Andretti 40.5338s + 0.4958s 14. Oriol Servia Newman/Haas 40.5489s + 0.5109s 15. Will Power Penske 40.5704s + 0.5324s 16. Buddy Rice Panther 40.6393s + 0.6013s 17. James Hinchcliffe Newman/Haas 40.6405s + 0.6025s 18. Ryan Hunter-Reay Andretti 40.6696s + 0.6316s 19. Alex Lloyd Dale Coyne 40.6916s + 0.6536s 20. Takuma Sato KV 40.7455s + 0.7075s 21. Pippa Mann Conquest 40.7717s + 0.7337s 22. Bertrand Baguette Rahal Letterman Lanigan 40.7981s + 0.7601s 23. Ana Beatriz Dreyer & Reinbold 40.8095s + 0.7715s 24. EJ Viso KV 40.8110s + 0.7730s 25. Tony Kanaan KV 40.8373s + 0.7993s 26. Bruno Junqueira Foyt 40.8680s + 0.8300s 27. Tomas Schecketer KV/SH 40.8765s + 0.8385s 28. Mike Conway Andretti 40.8794s + 0.8414s 29. Jay Howard Schmidt/Rahal 40.9280s + 0.8900s 30. Simona de Silvestro HVM 40.9982s + 0.9602s 31. Sebastian Saavedra Conquest 41.4477s + 1.4097s 32. James Jakes Dale Coyne 41.4569s + 1.4189s
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